The Call of the Weird
An American Road Trip with Neo-Nazis, Porn Stars and One (Alleged) Space Alien
$33.47
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2018
Summary
After a decade of making documentaries about offbeat characters on the fringes of US society, Louis had the urge to return to America and track down the people who most fascinated him. It would be a reunion tour, but this time without the cameras and the sense of performance being filmed inevitably brings. It would allow him to get closer to people, to discover what really motivated them, what they believed in, and what had happened to the assorted dreamers, outlaws and eccentrics since he la…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509893287 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509893288 |
| Author: | Louis Theroux |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
Compelling reading
Crammed with original insights * Guardian *
What Theroux actually shows us in this exhilarating read is that the barmy and bizarre are still very much alive and kicking * Sunday Express *
Compelling reading * FT Magazine *
‘The original guru of American psychosis.’ – Times * The Times *
Louis Theroux
Louis Theroux is an award-winning documentary film maker whose programmes are shown all over the world. After working on Michael Moore’s TV Nation, Louis was given his own show, Weird Weekends, on the BBC. He followed this with the popular series When Louis Met… in which he spent time with, amongst others, Jimmy Savile, Neil and Christine Hamilton and Chris Eubank. He has also interrogated criminals at San Quentin prison; lived with the extreme believers of the Westboro Baptist Church; gambled with the high-rollers at a Las Vegas mega-casino, and stalked game with trophy hunters on South Africa’s wild animal farms. His feature-length documentary, My Scientology Movie, was released in 2016.
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